Israel Middleton

Israel Middleton was a member of the South Carolina General Assembly at the time of the American Revolutionary War. In 1776, he called out fellow Assembly member Benjamin Martin's supposed cowardice, criticizing the French and Indian War hero Martin for opposing raising a levy for the Continental Army and saying that "intemperance could be a convenient disguise for fear". However, Colonel Harry Burwell told Middleton that he would not trust any man with his life more than he would Martin, as he had fought alongside him during the war.